http://www.dailyrepublic.com/usworld/high-tech-cargo-airship-being-built-in-california/ Solano County's Breaking News Source Sat, 18 May 2013 23:45:00 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.dailyrepublic.com/usworld/high-tech-cargo-airship-being-built-in-california/comment-page-1/#comment-995552 rich Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:06:02 +0000 http://www.dailyrepublic.com/?p=349573#comment-995552 It looks like the design could carry as much as a 747 freighter but it will get there a lot slower. I don’t see these airships replacing cargo aircraft. We still have the overall mission requirement to get to the scene of trouble overseas ”fastest with the mostest”. An airship can’t fulfill those specifications. Only jet aircraft fleets can do that. Remember the steep logistical needs during the buildup to the first Persian Gulf war in 1990 ? (Desert Shield / Desert Storm) Air Ships can’t do the job when minutes count.

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